Rare Rubies by Avon

guest_angel

Shalimar, thank you for the info about Rare Sapphires - interesting notes!

NebraskaLovesScent

A cinnamon skin scent. Who knew it was possible? Avon Rare Rubies is a soft, sweet woody musk with a pronounced cinnamon note. Think Serge Lutens Rousse meets Barbara Bui and whispers softly in her ear. Oriental Spicy to be sure, but soft as kittens at the same time. Rubies stays close to the skin like and lingers all day long.

It's very un-Avon in its execution, if you're a person who still writes them off as cheap and common. I have had so many pleasant surprises from Avon scents in the last year that I'm no longer surprised when I find a good one from them! :-) They don't always get the credit they deserve, and Rubies is a perfect example. I think the scent was just a little ahead of its time, and as others have noted, it's a shame this one was discontinued. Rare Rubies was a very impressive scent that any perfume house should have been proud to offer.

enigma

Avon rare rubies is like gold dust, but now look on ebay......see a little red bottle on a white fluffy background....read the info.....and you will be pleasantly surprised!!!

Shalimar

To me, Rare Rubies smells like those little red candies called "Red Hots" which are kind of a spicy cinnamon flavor. It's not something that I wear a lot but occasionally it suits my mood.

Guest_Angel - I also just discovered Rare Sapphires and like you, I love it. Here is the information I found about it; "Rare Sapphires is a fragrance of citrus notes, dewfruit, lily of the valley combined with gardenia, cedarwood and vetiver." I can really smell the cedarwood and I just love it!

guest_angel

OK, got my Rare Sapphires now - on first impression it's a very light floral, hard to distinguish specific notes though. I'm sure I can smell coconut in it, which is lovely!

It's very subtle, staying close to the skin, warm .... by far the 'quietest' of the Avon Rare range, would be good to wear during the day in the summer.

I'd love to know the notes in this one, if anyone finds them can you please post them here? Thanks.

guest_angel

Asipetitta, I've just obtained a bottle of Rare Sapphires on ebay, so I'll post a comment about it here when I've received it.

Wearing my Rare Rubies today because it's cold here - the spices seem to stay strong in this all the way through, I get ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg very strongly, but the ylang-ylang kicks in after a while and softens the spices beautifully.

sofiapap

Hi,
Rare rubbies is an oriental spicy aroma.Smells cinamon,vanilla and ylang ylang.It is rather an evening wearing deep sent that lasts for hours.Its type i think is for dynamic woman(like hugo boss-deep red).Fantastic!!!!

Asipetitta

Hi,
Can somebody tell me about the Rare Sapphires one? I see it available but don't know nothing about it...How is smeel & is it worth trying for. Please someone who knows about this other dicountinued rare from Avon to let me know!...

guest_angel

Mondeo Girl, I've actually managed to get hold of a 15ml on ebay - hallelujah!! Oh my god it's just as amazing as I remembered, and absolutely perfect for winter. It's like walking around in a blanket of warm, spicy, comforting deliciousness. I think this might be my favourite scent of all time.

BRING IT BACK AVON!!

MondeoGirl

Absolutely GUEST_ANGEL - I wish Avon would bring it back even as a Christmas special. It was so warm, rich, fruity and sexy. My daughter has still not found another scent to compare but her runner up fave is Guerlain Insolence. She buys that instead and feels let down by Avon.

guest_angel

Would just like to add my voice to the 'bring it back!' campaign. Goodness this was such an extraordinary, beautiful and characterful scent, I miss it so much. Fed up being outbid on ebay - please, please bring it back Avon, even if only as a one-off special. Oh, and Casbah too!

hazel1812

I used Rare Rubies all the time and loved it and could not understand why Avon discontinued it. I also would love Avon to bring it back again

lillybee

The spices used in Rare Rubies remind me of Kingdom and indeed the smell is just like it once you take away the sweet and cloying ylang-ylang and this way too powdery musk that's killing me. Spicy orientals either smell divine on me or are unbearably heavy, strong and cloying, unfortunately Rubies is the latter. I have a 15ml bottle for swap if anyone wants it.

MondeoGirl

PLEASE AVON - BRING THIS PERFUME BACK!!! My mother, my daughter and a friend of mine all miss it! On E-Bay you can expect to pay £30 up for a bottle of this - it's like gold dust and sorely missed.